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What are the two major causes of structual damage during an earthquake?
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ground shaking and foundation failure
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What are the two major causes of structural damage during an earthquake?
Ground shaking and foundation faliure
What's the definition of earthquake damage?
Earthquake damage is the damage to property and life from the ground vibrations during an earthquake. The Richter scale is one way to measure the scale of earthquake damage. For example, a magnitude of 5 is strong enough to damage weak buildings.
What is a sentence using earthquake?
The earthquake caused very little damage.
What is called when a wave damage during an earthquake?
a tsunami
Why is fire damage a large concern during an earthquake?
Fire damage to a structure weakens the stability of the structure. Structures with fire damage are a concern during an earthquake due to their stability and the high chances of them collapsing.
Which material would have less damage during an earthquake?
granite
Which seismic waves cause most of damage during an earthquake?
The L- Wave or the Love and Rayleigh waves (collectively known as surface waves) cause most of the damage during an earthquake.
During the earthquake most damage is seen on earth's crust why?
was there any damage to the earthquake plate situated near Japan please explain thankyou
Which seismic wave cause most of the damage during an earthquake?
The L- Wave or the Love and Rayleigh waves (collectively known as surface waves) cause most of the damage during an earthquake.
What type of land development would be least damaged by earthquakes?
there really aren't lands that won't get the least amount of damage during an earthquake. With hills there's damage, and with flat ground there's still damage, it doesn't matter were you are it would still have damage during an earthquake.
What is the term for the place where slippage first occurs in an earthquake?
This is at the fault lines. This is were the most damage is going to occur during the earthquake.
What waves cause most damage to the built environment during an earthquake?
Body
